Personal memories of Dennis Ritchie (dmr) by those who worked alongside him

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44 points·DanLivesHere··11 comments

Thanks for the video! dmr is a personal hero of mine.

Thanks for this video. DMR was one of the giants on which we're now standing and building upon.

I really enjoyed all the warmth that comes through in this video.

Sometimes computer work can feel cold and cynical to me.

This video helps remind me how it can and should be.

Thanks Javert. I only wish I had better vid/audio. I think it's important to capture the history of those who our careers (and lives) are built on. Just hope I did dmr justice.

It was a good video. I just wish that there had been more people from the remains of 1127 (specifically, the Unix research group). The ones that had built with him, in other words.

Agreed, but went with whoever I could talk to. Even a single video memory of Dennis is an important video for history (IMO).

That's true. Did you get a chance to walk up to building 2, 5th floor and talk to some of the people there? That was where the Unix room (and his office) were.

Many of the people that used to be there have scattered, but the ones that remain would probably have some stories and pointers.

Ori, I actually met these researchers in Barcelona at Mobile World Congress. I'm sure I walked by a few of them (and others) when I was part of the launch team on Plan 9 (I did the PR). Movies have Hollywood; tech has Bell Labs.

I think you added the music background. Personally I don't consider it good idea unless you're making an ad. It's much harder to follow the words, especially for me: I have a hearing problem and English is not my native tongue.

Thank you for this video. It means a lot to me.

Glad I was there to capture and share it.

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